Alison Sweeney Talks Best Served Cold: A Hannah Swensen Mystery
[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] Saturday night, Hannah Swensen is back for the 14th time in Best Served Cold: A Hannah Swensen Mystery. Series producer and star Alison Sweeney penned the script (her fifth) based on Joanne Fluke’s Triple Chocolate Cheesecake Murder for director Peter Benson (reteaming from March’s Sugar &...
Alison Sweeney Talks Sugar & Vice: A Hannah Swensen Mystery
[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] Saturday night, Hannah Swensen Mysteries returns with Sugar & Vice, a bottle show mystery set inside a hotel when Hannah and her family, Chad, the sheriff, and an assorted who’s who of Lake Eden’s finest find themselves trapped in a hotel during a storm with a...
Alison Sweeney Talks Romance at Hope Ranch
Last June, we had an Alison Sweeney threepeat with a two-part Barcelona-set romcom series and a new Hannah Swensen. Now, Sweeney is headlining a double feature, closing out Loveuary with Romance at Hope Ranch, a new Western-themed romance this Saturday, and kicking off March with another installment of her mystery...
Victor Webster Talks Pie to Die For: A Hannah Swensen Mystery
[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] Hannah Swensen is back on the case Sunday night on Hallmark Channel (note the network — a one-off programming change to align Alison Sweeney’s three June premieres) in Pie to Die For. The new mystery, written by series star and producer Sweeney (based on Joanna Fluke’s...
Alison Sweeney and Ashley Williams Talk To Barcelona, Forever
[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] Hallmark Channel continues its Passport to Love programming with To Barcelona, Forever following last weekend’s To Barcelona, With Love. Alison Sweeney and Ashley Williams star in a continuation of that film, once again written by Julie Sherman Wolfe and directed by Ron Oliver. In the film,...
Alison Sweeney and Ashley Williams Talk To Barcelona, With Love
[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] This weekend, Hallmark launches its annual June Passport to Love programming with To Barcelona, With Love, followed next week by To Barcelona, Forever. Earlier this week, I chatted with writer Julie Sherman Wolfe about the films, and next up, stars Alison Sweeney and Ashley Williams talk...
Julie Sherman Wolfe Talks To Barcelona, With Love and To Barcelona, Forever
[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] Writer Julie Sherman Wolfe has been a Hallmark family staple for the last decade, and in our house, The Birthday Wish is an annual birthday rewatch. She’s brought us films spanning everyday romcoms and friendship stories and last year’s tentpole film, Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love...
Alison Sweeney Talks Reality Bites: A Hannah Swensen Mystery
[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] Thursday night on Hallmark Mystery, Alison Sweeney is back for her 11th outing as Hannah Swensen in Reality Bites. Adapted by Sweeney from Joanne Fluke’s “The Blueberry Muffin Murder” and directed by Kevin Leslie, the film finds Hannah’s shiny new cafe turned into a crime scene...
Alison Sweeney Talks This Time Each Year
[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] Thursday night, Hallmark Mystery kicks off its inaugural Miracles of Christmas lineup as the new network, and first up, Alison Sweeney and Niall Matter star in This Time Each Year, a holiday-timed drama about a fractured family that mends itself under the initial guise of a...
Alison Sweeney Previews A Sprinkle of Deceit: A Hannah Swensen Mystery
[Warning: General spoilers ahead.] Alison Sweeney is back at The Cookie Jar (in a brand new location that makes for a fun twist on a murder board) Friday night for her 10th outing as Hannah Swensen. In “A Sprinkle of Deceit,” a catering job for Lonnie’s reunion sets up her...
Let’s Talk About Will Trent
[Spoilers for “The Blank Expanse of Nothing”] It’s been a minute since I’ve had a good, old-fashioned rant about a TV series, so I’m overdue. If you’ve followed me on IG the last few years (hi!), you know that I yell often and loud about my love for Will Trent....
Tim Rozon Looks Back on SurrealEstate
[Warning: All the spoilers ahead.] To close out our SurrealEstate coverage (for now), I chatted with Tim Rozon about Season 3 and getting the band back together. For the third season, production moved from Newfoundland to Ottawa, and Rozon was ready to dive back in. “We were in a...
George R. Olson Unpacks SurrealEstate Season 3
[Warning: ALL the spoilers ahead.] In case you missed the news last week, SurrealEstate has concluded with its third season, which aired last summer. On Friday, I spoke with series creator George R. Olson and series star Tim Rozon about saying goodbye to the show. You can read that piece...
George R. Olson and Tim Rozon Share Their Gratitude for SurrealEstate’s Run
Since SurrealEstate wrapped its third season six months ago, I’ve checked about once a week to see whether there was any news on cancelled or renewed. As long as there was no decision, there was still hope for a fourth season. This week, series creator George R. Olson let the...
Hulu’s Paradise S1 Weaves Past and Present to Unravel a Murder
One of the nice things about the symbiosis of the entertainment conglomerates is that sometimes streaming shows make their way over to linear outlets. Case in point: ABC has given Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building a primetime slot (after of course tweaking the language for FCC regs) during its...
Scott McCord Talks About Victor’s Expanding World in From Season 3
Closing out our From Season 3 coverage (which you can find here), in the second part of my conversation with Scott McCord, we talk about Victor’s new friendship with Sara, reconnecting with Tabitha, and what might be next for Victor when Season 4 returns in 2026. As we’ve talked about...
Dennis Heaton Talks Murder in a Small Town
Murder in a Small Town wraps its first season Tuesday night on FOX in the US and Wednesday night on Global TV in Canada. For US viewers, it’s been a neat addition to the usual FOX fare to have a slower-paced, small-town murder mystery with a parade of CdnTV peeps...
Harold Perrineau Talks From Season 3
[Warning: Includes spoilers for the Season 3 finale.] How are you doing, FROMily? That finale was A LOT. Thankfully we know we’re going to get more of this story, and you have a year and change to work on your Venn diagram deciphering the OMG WTFery of it all. Last...
Scott McCord Talks From Season 3
From the jump (pun intended), I’ve been a staunch advocate of Victor (and Scott McCord, who plays him), and this season, he’s been put through it. On the heels of sending Tabitha off into the unknown and having her return with his father, he unearths the long-suppressed memory that as...
Corteon Moore Talks From Season 3
From has always been really good about delighting us with mix-and-match character pairings, and this season, we’ve seen Jade and Tabitha, Sara and Victor, Henry and Victor, and Kenny and Acosta team up. As Ellis, Corteon Moore has spent a chunk of time this season paired up with Pegah Ghafoori...
What They Said: Three Revealing Conversations from Survivor’s Remorse “Closure”
WARNING: Spoilers for Survivor’s Remorse “Closure” The latest episode of Starz’s Survivor’s Remorse featured conversations that showed characters really digging deep into their thoughts, emotions and motivations.
Two Takes: The Catch “The Knock-Off”
Who can you trust? If this episode of The Catch was any indication, the answer is just about nobody. Betrayal was running rampant as Felicity (Shivani Ghai) arose from the dead to seduce-con Margot, Gretchen (Maria Thayer, Gotham, The Mindy Project) played gold-hearted Alice 2.0 before swindling Ethan, Tessa jumped...
What They Said: Favorite Quotes from Supergirl “Worlds Finest”
Oh, Supergirl. That ending was cold. But I can’t hate on you because the latest episode has quickly become one of my favorites.
What Lucifer Said: Favorite quotes from Supernatural “O Brother, Where Art Thou?”
Supernatural episodes are almost always funny but thanks to the dialogue and a certain man speaking said dialogue, I laughed a lot during “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” You know, when I wasn’t busy fearing for Sam’s life or wondering what in the world was going on with Dean and...
What They Said: Favorite Quotes from Supernatural “Angel Heart”
Okay, that was my favorite of all the Claire episodes. In the beginning I think this arc was a bit shaky, to be honest. But I think it ended strong and that’s thanks to the chemistry between the actors as well as the strength of the writing, courtesy of Robbie...
What They Said: Favorite Quotes from The Vampire Diaries “I’ll Remember”
Season 5 Episode 1: “I’ll Remember” Writer: Caroline Dries This is odd. It’s an episode of The Vampire Diaries and there’s only one favorite quote from Damon. Of course, he was only in one scene. There are a few Hallucination!Damon quotes included though. What were some of your favorite quotes...
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